Question

Which sentence from the memoir is the best example of a metaphor?

A. The object that we set before ourselves was to be able to clothe ourselves entirely in cloth manufactured by our own hands.
B. All the fine cloth woven by the weavers was from foreign yarn, since Indian mills did not spin fine counts.
C. But in courage and commonsense she easily surpassed the general run of our educated women.
D. To her I poured out my grief about the charkha, and she lightened my burden by a promise to prosecute an earnest and incessant search for the spinning wheel.

Answer 1

Sentence A is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The best example of a metaphor in the given choices is sentence A, “The object that we set before ourselves was to be able to clothe ourselves entirely in cloth manufactured by our own hands.” This sentence uses the object of clothing as a metaphor for the goal of self-sufficiency. By using the word “clothe” to describe the action of achieving self-sufficiency, the author is comparing the process of manufacturing cloth to the process of achieving their goal.